"dictionarily" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: From dictionary + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dictionary|ly}} dictionary + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} dictionarily (not comparable)
  1. In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively. Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "2008, Colin Gonsalves, Vijay Hiremath, Rebecca Gonsalvez, editors, Prisoners' Rights, volume 2, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) (A division of Socio-Legal Information Centre) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi - 110014, India, page 643:",
          "text": "It lays foundation for a society where rule of law has primary and not arbitrary or capricious exercise of power. 'Life' dictionarily means, 'State of functional activity and continual change peculiar to organised matter, and especially to the portion of it constituting an animal or plant before death; animate existence; being alive. But used in the constitution it may not be mere existence.",
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          "text": "\"Tort\" dictionarily means 'breach of duty leading to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse.",
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          "ref": "2011, Eddie Horton, Just Compass, Balboa Press, page 72:",
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